UCI study: California’s trees are dying, and might not be coming back
Wildfires and climbing temperatures have caused a 6.7 percent decline since 1985
July 14, 2022
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James Randerson
Deforestation drives climate change that harms remaining forest
UCI researchers reconsider carbon storage with improved climate models, satellite data
April 12, 2022
Fires in the Sierra Nevada likely to grow in frequency
UCI study links rising temperatures to higher blaze risk
November 17, 2021
Climate change is driving plant die-offs in Southern California, UCI study finds
Loss of vegetation cover is most stark in desert ecosystems already on edge of habitability
June 21, 2021
UCI researchers: carbon in Earth’s soil older than previously thought
Analyzing radiocarbon dating on a massive database of soil samples from around the world, University of California, Irvine researchers have determined that globally, the average age of the carbon in the ground is about 5,000 years old. In a study published today in Nature Geoscience, a team led by Zheng Shi, UCI postdoctoral scholar in […]
June 29, 2020
Taming wildfires
UCI-created AI tool for predicting blaze size proves successful in Alaska; team now focuses on California
December 16, 2019
UCI team uses machine learning to help tell which wildfires will burn out of control
New technique could help authorities conduct triage in multiple-blaze scenarios
September 17, 2019
UCI scientists project northward expansion of Valley fever by end of 21st century
Climate change expected to accelerate spread of sometimes-fatal fungal infection
September 16, 2019
UCI and Singapore researchers find source of 2015 Southeast Asia smoke cloud
Burning of peatlands in Borneo and Sumatra created severe air pollution in region
November 19, 2018
James Randerson named Ralph J. & Carol M. Cicerone Chair of Earth System Science
UCI expert on climate and environment is first to hold new endowed position
May 21, 2018